MISCELLANEOUS RAILROAD INFORMATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 5, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

FE8 1952
COUNTRY East Germany
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
SUBJECT M#,scellarneoua Railroad Information
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF. THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEAN ING OF TITLE IS, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
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1; Locomotives. The locomotives available to the East German railways in the final
quarter of 1951 are shown below. This accounting does not include locomotives of
foreign origin. The total indicates an increase of 78 locomotives over the
previous quarter,
2. Eberswalde Loopline. Work on construction of this loop line has continued at an
accelerated pace in an attempt to meet the target completion date. Work has
been completed on the two bridges under the main double-track going north from
Eberswalde, From where this diversionary loop line joins the main line south of the
Hohenzollern,cannl, it is proposed to construct a double track as far as the town
of Britz (north of Eberswalde). It is also proposed to build a new loop line
between Chorin and Golzow beginning at Blockstelle 53, approximately 2,000 meters
north of 1(?itzrailway station, and joiziing up with the main line outside Golzow
railway station.
30
Total
In use
D
amaed
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Express and passenger locom
series 01-39
otives,
811.
519
256
Freight locomotives,
29098
1,425
301
Locomotives with tender
1,925
1,311
24a
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good quality rails are to be taken up and replaced by others
of inferior quality in the various districts, as follows-,
Dresden
36.00 km. M
agdeburg
25000 km.
Berlin
36.63 km. S
chwerin
13045 km.
Halle
28,50 km. C
ottbus
10.71 km.
Erfurt
25000 km. G
reifswald
10070,;=
4. Rail 1raffic through Angermuende,I
Total 180.00 kme
The former average of 30-35 freight trains daily had dropped to three or
four trains daily. Trains to Stettin were rare and, whereas at"one time .
.Ange3?ikaende had seen much traffic, today only 2 switch engines were available
and even these were not employed during most of the day. Military transports'
for the Soviet occupation forces 'were rarely seen and usually were connected
with small rail movements inside East Germany. They often included odd freight
cars probably carrying provision and supplies. The few trains which went to
Stettin usually carried industrial goods from the Ha1lA;'end:7$tfurt:.areaso. Tankt?car
trains were rare.
5. Movements of E pty, Freight Cars to and from. Satellite States, During the first
quarter of 1952 the--following movements of empty freight cars took place-.
January 1952
Empty frei ht cars sent to:
Poland (Stettin)
Russia (Brest Litovsk)
Bulgaria
February 1952
EmDix `refight cars sent to,
Poland (Stettin)
Russia (Brest Litovsk)
Empty ' freght Cars received from.
Czechoslovakia
March 1952
Empty freight cars sent t s
Poland (Stettin)
Russia (Brest Litovsk)
& = freight cars received from,-
Czechoslovakia
Poland
521 open cars
198 flat care
2,105 open cars
85 refrigerator care
3,239 boxcars
100 open cars
449 open cars
368 flat cars
3,118 open cars
99 refrigerator care
5,993 boxcars
249 boxcars
470 open cars
637 flat cars (including 94 four-axle)
3,497 open cars
4,311 boxcars
1,398 boxcars
501 boxcars
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